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Sittingbourne and Sheppey — 2015

Gordon Henderson (Conservative Party) was elected with 24,425 votes— 49.5% of 49,378 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 49.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,378

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes.Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it.Elected
1Gordon Henderson Conservative Party 24,425−0.5 ptsElected
2Richard Palmer UK Independence Party 12,257—
3Guy Nicholson Labour Party 9,673—
4Keith Nevols Liberal Democrats 1,563—
5Gary Miller Green Party 1,185—
6Mike Young Official Monster Raving Loony Party 275—

Electorate 76,018 · Turnout 65.0% · Majority 12,168 · Back to 2015 overview

Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved 2026-05-19, generated 2026-05-19 (Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.